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Posted: 8/23/2010 6:28:03 PM EDT
| ..................when I buy a new gun ??? |
IDK. Are you taking food off the table, not making you mortgage, depriving your family of something they need? If not, buy more and enjoy yourself. There are plenty of other hobbies that just soak up cash with no eventual return. I think a common problem with us arfcommers is that a lot of us get so focused on training, prepping, stockpiling for zombies that we forget to ENJOY our hobby once in awhile 
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it never fails for me that anytime i have the money to buy a gun a couple days after i buy it then something important comes up that i could have used that money for. like for instance, i just bought a Kel-tec sub2k, now a wheel bearing on my car is starting to go and wearing the crap out of my one tire. it was perfectly fine before and now it;s bad. so now i need a bearing and at least 2 new tires
i think I'm not meant to buy guns ever, |
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Quoted: it never fails for me that anytime i have the money to buy a gun a couple days after i buy it then something important comes up that i could have used that money for. like for instance, i just bought a Kel-tec sub2k, now a wheel bearing on my car is starting to go and wearing the crap out of my one tire. it was perfectly fine before and now it;s bad. so now i need a bearing and at least 2 new tires i think I'm not meant to buy guns ever, No, that your punishment for buying a Kel-Terd....  |
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If it helps at all, I do feel a bit guilty as well.
I feel it because I tend to buy something nicer and more expensive then I need, and then I dont shoot it as much as I should. I enjoy shooting and I dont feel guilty about buying the gun, but I do feel guilty that I do not use it as much as it deserves. Just not enough time in the day 
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I feel the guilt when I buy something expensive that I can afford. I've seen this topic come up on here before and you eventually get the chest-puffers that say "well I guess you really couldn't afford it then kiddo!", when that is really not the case. Anybody who has made good money before from working their ass off knows that there is always something that their money could be used for instead of what they are looking at. While the scale may change for at what point one feels buyer's remorse, Wants are unlimited and money is finite at every end of the spectrum, rich or poor. It is funny how that in itself can become a motivator on it's own. For me, the guilt just keeps me from buying the stuff I truly do not need nor want, but could afford, in essence the wastes of money. Knowing the guilt/remorse will follow will limit me to making the purchases that I want most. As I typed this up, my first "real" optic, an Aimpoint just arrived. I've been beating myself up over the past few days. Sure I could have used the money for something else or just plain saved it, but this is worth it, and eventually the guilt and remorse will change into appreciation of the value. |
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it never fails for me that anytime i have the money to buy a gun a couple days after i buy it then something important comes up that i could have used that money for. like for instance, i just bought a Kel-tec sub2k, now a wheel bearing on my car is starting to go and wearing the crap out of my one tire. it was perfectly fine before and now it;s bad. so now i need a bearing and at least 2 new tires i think I'm not meant to buy guns ever, I feel you............everytime I try to save money, I always have to spend it on a fucking auto repair. 
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I feel you............everytime I try to save money, I always have to spend it on a fucking auto repair.
just blew close to $16k on a SLR car and camera for my fiance. and the new car needs tires before winter - at least $600 on goodyear hybrid duratracs. I gotta save for a benelli supernova before goose hunting on thanksgiving. I was hoping for an AR or winchester model 70 by the end of the year as well
oh well, "happy wife, happy life" |
| I get the same feeling. I have plenty of money to spend and plenty in savings, but just feel guilty about every time I spend money. I guess it's the way I was raised and how my parents used money. You should see me buying a car, it's very bitter sweet for like a month |
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I guess it's the way I was raised and how my parents used money. The way my parents spend have influenced me as well. My dad won't spend a dime on a gumball without first doing weeks of research. Sometimes it's a good thing, othertimes it drives me crazy. I don't have as big of an issue spending my (excess) money on a toy. |
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buy a gun on sale. You can always resale it for ATLEAST 75% of what you paid for it.
May not be the best investment... however its not like buying a new car or designer clothing which has little or NO resale value. wasting tons of ammo down the range is something you might want to feel guilty about. Storing ammo, 15 or 20 years and if kept right, will be just as good as new ammo. nothing to feel too guilty about. |
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buy a gun on sale. You can always resale it for ATLEAST 75% of what you paid for it. May not be the best investment... however its not like buying a new car or designer clothing which has little or NO resale value. wasting tons of ammo down the range is something you might want to feel guilty about. Storing ammo, 15 or 20 years and if kept right, will be just as good as new ammo. nothing to feel too guilty about. This |
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buy a gun on sale. You can always resale it for ATLEAST 75% of what you paid for it. May not be the best investment... however its not like buying a new car or designer clothing which has little or NO resale value. wasting tons of ammo down the range is something you might want to feel guilty about. Storing ammo, 15 or 20 years and if kept right, will be just as good as new ammo. nothing to feel too guilty about. This +1 |
| I was talking about guns with some friends at work, a Liberal chick joined the convo and asked me how many guns I owned. I told her i was unsure that really messed up her mind. I tried to explain I just sold a few and bought a few I have some stripped lowers a 3/4 built AR this did not help. No I feel guilty to add to my count NOT! |
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